Tamil Nadu: 48-year-old woman woos man through app, steals gold chain and cash; arrested from Bengaluru

CHENNAI: A 48-year-old woman, who allegedly stole a gold chain and cash from a man she had met through an online app and was staying with at a lodge in St Thomas Mount in Chennai, was arrested from Bengaluru.

Officials said the complainant, Kannan (53) of Chromepet, had previously worked as a general manager at a private company in Valasaravakkam and was currently looking for a job. He became acquainted with the woman, identified as Kanchan Latha Singh, through an online app. On her invitation, the two checked into a lodge in the St Thomas Mount area on August 26.

Later that night, Kannan allegedly realised that his gold chain weighing around 2.5 sovereigns and Rs 4,000 in cash were missing and that the woman had left the lodge.

Based on his complaint, the St Thomas Mount police registered a case and launched an investigation. A police team examined CCTV footage and tracked the suspect using her mobile phone number, eventually locating her in Bengaluru.

A police team from here went to Bengaluru and arrested Kanchan Latha Singh from a lodge on September 9. Investigators recovered Rs 1.5 lakh, said to be the remaining proceeds after she allegedly sold the stolen gold chain, while the remaining money was already spent. The officials also seized two mobile phones and five SIM cards from her.

The woman was produced before a court in Devanahalli and subsequently brought to Chennai. After further investigation, she was produced before the Alandur court on September 10 and remanded in judicial custody.